After integration of all the territory, now what was left was devolpment
There were total of 107k people in territory now and so first electricity was introduced using a dam whose construction was started by ash in his first month of transmigration
Street lamp were placed all over and pavements were paved , by now territory looked just like a Victorian era city
Ash would have liked to have modern roads and would have also introduced more modern things but the problem was oil
This world considered oil to be a evil substance used for necromancy that's why whenever a oil field is found , people call a priest who purify the oil meaning literally destroy entire reservoirs
That's why ash introduced oil free technology, ash troops were also facing many problems because of lack of oil and all the oil he had was from system
Steam engines were introduced throughout the territory , train track were made and overall everything was going smoothly
Soon one month passed and it was time for duke Rhinehart to arrive in the territory of Ravenfield
When duke entourage arrived they were in awe because every road was pavemented which was only seen in major cities , city was bustling with vehicles , flowers , various glass arts and staues were giving giving extra glamour to the territory
Many people glanced at passing luxurious carriage with the symbol of a red fist on it , this symbol was well known as symbol of house jin
Presence of knights of house jin confirmed that it was a important figure from house jin
The carriage eventually reached the palace gate where Duke Rhinehart was welcomed , this time he came alone because his daughter refused to come with him unless he himself acknowledge the strength and talent of Ash Ravenfield
Rhinehart although was not fan of luxurious palaces and castle was still in awe of the Palace of Ravenfield
Soon Rhinehart was taken to Ash office , where he was served tea and only after 10 minutes did ash made his way to the room
Ash entered the room and saw a man with 6 feet 6 inch height , muscular build and numerous scars which only made his presence more
He upon seeing ash stood up and said in a respectful voice
" I the Duke Rhinehart Jin of house jin greet the duke the Ash Ravenfield of Ravenfield territory "
To this gesture ash replied the same , soon they both exchanged pleasentires and also the story about ash rise
Rhinehart and Ash both studied each other while talking , then finally Ash asked what brought Rhinehart here
To which Rhinehart first cleared his throat then said in a deep voice " I want to pledge my alligance to you and want to help you establish a kingdom "
Ash was surprised because he didn't expect it from Duke jin that's why he asked his reasons to which Duke replied
" Atlas empire is crumbling as the emperor is old and will not live for another year or so , no prince is worthy of the throne , princess does not have any support and a new kingdom is emerging in Magic empire which plan is world domination
In the midst of it Our empire is no better , if a civil war happens then I am sure our territory will be wiped out no matter the victory so I bet on you because you have potential "
Ash processed his words but was also sure that there was no rising kingdom in Magic empire which was planning world domination , in the original story magic empire was strong and had no inner turmoil , from what he heard from his friends who read the same novel version that after the war Atlas empire would be forced to sign a humiliating treaty and after which mc will help Atlas Empire
Now the story was going off track , so Ash asked about the kingdom which surprised him too much
" This kingdom call itself Soviet union or something and is quickly usurping territories, they have been famous in magic empire because they have killed all noble families and took their wealth in , they use weird weopens called Ak47 and many more weird weopens , they call themselves communist and a funny thing is there coat of war is a sickel and a hammer "
I slowly absorbed his words and now I know there is another tranmigrater , one who has more advanced system than mine , I am still using rifles from ww1 and that guy is using post world war 2 weopens like us this even fair
I still get my aas beaten by natives here and there and he over there is establish a entire nation while I am still unsure to the idea of establishing a kingdom huh
Now I guess I should speedrun because that's my only hope or find a good spot to spend my life
Rhinehart too notice ash state because of his sweating and then he asked ash what's wrong to which ash replied
" Can you help my troops in training ? "
Rhinehart was dumbstruck but noticing ash expression did not push this further and agreed to ash request to train ravenfield troops
Ash has now decided that to face a technolgical giant , he will combine magic and native arts of this world with technology to survive
ash goal has now changed from Dominance to survival and just want to lay low and devolp
He wanted to lay low untill there is no possibility of laying low anymore